[Setting the Stage]:
- 5 guys, 3 girls, 2 patient and generous parents
- The Stanton Social restaurant
- A willing nearby bar
- A fiest-tive fire lit beneath them!
I. The Warm Up
- The Social Tea ketel one citron, gunpowder green tea, orange-honey marmalade
- Bea’s Gin-Lemon Mojito bombay sapphire, shredded mint, fresh lemon, lemon syrup, lemon-lime soda
- Strawberry Fields Grey Goose Citron, muddled fresh strawberries,
- Red wine
- white wine
II. An Aerial Attack
- French Onion Soup Dumplings
- Baby Spinach Salad roasted corn, smoked goat cheese & spiced cashews
- Barbeque Duck Confit & Black Bean Empanadas smoked tomato & blood orange jam
- Red Snapper Tacos creamy avocado, spicy mango
- Old School Meatballs basil & ricotta ‘manicotti’
- ‘Chicken N’ Waffles’ brick pressed chicken, aged cheddar waffle, corn pudding, balsamic spiked maple syrup
- Creekstone Farms Braised Short Rib Soft Tacos cherry tomato relish, poblano crema
- Kobe Beef Burger Sliders
- Rhode Island Style Lobster Roll Sliders
- ‘Kobe Philly’ truffle & goat cheese fondue Sliders
- Social Mac & Cheese chorizo, ovendried tomato
III. Beggin’ for Mercy
- Warm Doughnuts
- Chocolate-covered Peanut Butter Bon Bons with Blackberry Sorbet
- 90-Proof Milkshake Shot makers mark & caramel ice cream
IV. No Pain, No Gain
- Spitzer’s Bar–An American Gastro Pub
- Some glasses of wine
- More glasses of beer
It was a night to remember! I tried all of the dishes listed above except the lobster roll (it was individually ordered), and every morsel tasted fantastic. Our group had an unbeatable dynamic, and the night was a complete blast from start to finish!
[ Invite audience to participate]: TIME TO ASSESS THE DAMAGE.
If there were a fifth act to this saga, it would undoubtedly be named something like…The Recovery.
I felt less than peachy keen looked like a puffer fish when I rolled outta bed this morning, but I managed to get myself back on track with some OTC treatments throughout the day!
P.S. Got my nails did yesterday–Tart Deco by Essie. LOVE.
Frances and I took a Barre Burn class at at the Equinox in my hood, and it was terrible! Nothing like the class I took in Richmond. The instructor (a sub) was straight-up Spirit Fingers style and was unquestionably making it up on the fly.
It would have been more disappointing if it weren’t so amusing! We got a solid abs workout clenching to unsuccessfully ward off snorts of laughter.
And the most potent medicine?!
Real-Deal Pet therapy at my first ANIMAL HAVEN volunteer session!
Two and half hours of HEAVEN–playing with kittens and puppies, helping with feeding time, and taking the small dogs on their final evening walk.
I’m tellin’ you, I left that place covered in pee and fur and GLOWING FROM THE INSIDE OUT like I just spent a week at Canyon Ranch.
Tonight has been wonderfully relaxing, and I just polished off a bowl of chocolate/vanilla fro-yo, drizzled in my new Justin’s Chocolate Hazelnut butter!
The nut butter hardened like Magic Shell. Absurdly delicious and the cherry on top of my day. Thank you, Jean-Marie!
Finally feeling back to me old self, and it’s time for some shut-eye :).
*Note: The food/drink pictures from Stanton Social were pulled from Yelp–my iPhone pics were too dark and I hate flash!
Everything looks yummy including the puppies. Also this post makes me feel cool because I’ve been to Stanton Social before. But you’ll still have to come to Beantown to try The Beantown Pub with me.
haha I’m there! I have a monogrammed city.
Made your mom’s shrimp last night with couscous and asparagus. Sooo yummy and buttery. Any more Wishbone recipes? Sometimes I want to just guzzle the stuff.
I know, it’s amazing! I’m asking my mom if she has any more Wishbone recipes in her repertoire and I’ll let you know!
I like making tuna salad with it–just mix a tbs or so with a single-serving tuna packet, and add whatever else you like. I add chopped pickles, celery and FINELY diced red onion. You can also marinate chicken breasts in in for a few hours and cook them as you normally would. I prefer to sear both sides in hot pan so they caramelize, then turn down the heat and cover so the innards get cooked through.
I’ll come back to you with any responses from my mom. So glad you enjoyed the shrimp–asparagus was a great side dish choice! xx